Hess R. Tradigital Blender. A CG Animator’s Guide to Applying the Classic Principles of Animation

Focal Press, 2011. — 300 p. — ISBN: 978-0-240-81757-6.Expand your animation toolkit with foundational animation techniques, software expertise, professional best-practices, proven and time-tested work flows. Roland Hess, a leading Blender artist and instructor, expertly navigates you through Blender's character animation systems and controls, with a focus on each of the classical principles of animation like timing, anticipation, appeal, staging, exaggeration, squash and stretch and much more. Unique from other software titles, the Tradigital series offers a specific tool-set of practical instruction and foundational knowledge that all great animators will need to know.